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[altarwolf]

[Hello Wonderland. You may have noticed a black cat wandering the grounds and within the mansion. Maybe staring at you, but running off if you turned your attention toward it. Whether or not you saw this cat, it is now human, and it is not pleased with what it's found.

The feed comes on to a young dark haired woman with piercing eyes. It switches off, switches to text, switches back to video and she stands back, apparently unsatisfied with what she has discovered of the device.]

I was under the impression this infernal contraption has the ability to send messages, but I do not see how. What magic it employs is beyond me, like much of the magic of this place. [Which is frustrating, to not know something she's meant to, something she's supposedly an expert in.

She takes a closer, disapproving look at the device. It's certainly no Eluvian.] 'Tis meant to speak to me now, yes? Rather, the voices of those it reaches. Or am I speaking plainly to a little box and looking the fool for it? ... [She'd growl if she were the sort to growl. But she's clearly exasperated. When she speaks again, her tone makes it clear she is on her last bit of patience.]

Tell me now, residents of this place, of where I am and, also, what sort of place leaves rooms strewn about its grounds, books among the leaves as they are. I am no architect, but it seems a poor choice of design.

...Well? Speak now!

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[altarwolf]

When you are a mage, demons are no possibility, but an eventuality. And they are hardly the worst of my world. A demon need only be denied access to one's body. An Archdemon, for example, already possesses a body -- a very large one, at that -- and commands hordes of darkspawn. They can only be killed by one who has drunk from tainted blood and survived, and then that person is also killed in the process. Pray we do not come up against the memory of an Archdemon. I have fought one already, and I do believe that once is enough.

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[onevice]

[ Good lord. Snow's eyebrows shoot up at the explanation and she takes a moment to sift through it all. ]

You've fought and killed - No. You aren't dead.

[ She assumes. ]

You helped to defeat one of these... Archdemons, then? You must be powerful.

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[altarwolf]

[Morrigan just barely stops herself from barking a laugh in response. Yes, she's powerful.] More powerful than those Circle mages, at least. Should a mage refuse to limit her potential, her power is, thus, limitless. The Chantry wants only to smother mages' power below its heel. I, however, am well versed in magics long forgotten, long buried.

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[onevice]

[ She's certainly very talkative. Snow listens attentively, but discretely, making mental notes. ]

Well, some magic does need to be... controlled. [ But Snow works with the witches of the 13th floor all the time, has great respect for their skills. They're allies, but there are terrible wizards and witches on the other side that she knows better than to underestimate. ]

You've been alive for a while; you're in good company.